God’s Remedies
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On one occasion Christ anointed the eyes of a blind man with clay,
and bade him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.... He went his way
therefore, and washed and came seeing.” The cure could be wrought
only by the power of the great Healer, yet Christ made use of the
simple agencies of nature. While He did not give countenance to drug
medication, He sanctioned the use of simple and natural remedies.
The Ministry of Healing, 246
The power of the will is not valued as it should be. Let the will be
kept awake and rightly directed, and it will impart energy to the whole
being, and will be a wonderful aid in the maintenance of health. It is a
power also in dealing with disease. Exercised in the right direction,
it would control the imagination, and be a potent means of resisting
and overcoming disease of both mind and body. By the exercise of the
will-power in placing themselves in right relation to life, patients can
do much to cooperate with the physician’s efforts for their recovery.
There are thousands who can recover health if thy will. The Lord does
not want them to be sick. He desires them to be well and happy, and
they should make up their minds to be well. Often invalids can resist
disease, simply by refusing to yield to ailments and settle down in a
state of inactivity. Rising above their aches and pains, let them engage
in useful employment suited to their strength. By such employment
and the free use of air and sunlight, many an emaciated invalid might
recover health and strength.
Manuscript 22, 1887
The disuse of meats, with healthful dishes nicely prepared to take
the place of flesh-meats, would place a large number of the sick and
suffering ones in a fair way of recovering their health, without the
use of drugs. But if the physician encourages a meat-eating diet
to his invalid patients, then he will make a necessity for the use of
drugs. Nature will want some assistance to bring things to their proper
condition, which may be found in the simplest remedies, especially
in the use of nature’s own furnished remedies,—pure air, and with a
precious knowledge of how to breathe; pure water, with a knowledge
of how to apply it; plenty of sunlight in every room, if possible, in the
house, and with an intelligent knowledge of what advantages are to